CHRISTOPHE v. SOUTHERN BRIDGE COMPANY

No. 8406.

250 So.2d 822 (1971)

Ulysse CHRISTOPHE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SOUTHERN BRIDGE COMPANY and Houston Fire and Casualty Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

June 30, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony Graphia and Donn Moss, of Hebert, Moss & Graphia, Baton Rouge, for defendants-appellants.

Louis D. Curet, of D'Amico, Curet & Bush, Baton Rouge, and Jewell & Jewell, New Roads, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before LOTTINGER, SARTAIN and TUCKER, JJ.


SARTAIN, Judge.

Ulysse Christophe obtained judgment in the District Court for the benefits accorded total and permanent disability under our workmen's compensation statutes. From that judgment, his former employer, Southern Bridge Company and its compensation insurer, Houston Fire and Casualty Insurance Company, have appealed. Christophe has answered that appeal seeking statutory penalties and attorney's fees for the alleged arbitrary and capricious refusal of the...

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